Probably the most interesting bit is in the video the name tag is "President William J Clinton". However, in the linked article a twitter post from
Boomer Esiason shows just "President Clinton" without the "William J.".
It's a photo showing the locker taken June 2016.

I think if during the upcoming debate, Trump loses it and says some intentionally crazy and whacky things and blows the debate as if on purpose, then
we'll know.

Another telltale sign, imo, would be if Trump is found to say very little or nothing regarding the release of the FBI's Clinton email investigation,
and lets a news cycle pass on that one.. then you'd know that he's indirectly working for the Clinton campaign to let that kind of opportunity pass to
keep Clinton on the defensive. Meanwhile, after hanging up the phone with Trump, Hillary kicks back for the long weekend, rest assured that it will
all pass without much fanfare or too many questions. "Just let sleeping dogs lie" she said to him, to which he replied "quid pro quo" once or twice,
for emphasis.

Where they go and what they do and say from here on in, since the electoral path is pretty straight, should tell the tale on whether this little
conspiracy has legs or not.

I'm certainly not the first to suggest that he's trying to lose, for whatever reason. Even many of his supporters and surrogates speculate about it
and even say it out loud.

There are reports that he met with Bill Clinton prior to announcing his run - is this true?

Also, he reportedly gave the Clinton Foundation over 100K.

Maybe he's not really such an outsider after all, but not unlike Alex Jones is a type of controlled opposition either knowingly, or unwittingly
even..?

This election appears to be like a rigged boxing match, where immediately after the Trump Convention (can't really be called the Republican National
Convention, in many ways), and in the wake of the Democratic National Convention, he appeared to punch himself into a corner and then attempted a
series of knockout blows, of which his recent immigration speech in Phoenix, given the changed demographics and landscape of the country, was the coup
de gras.

Meanwhile, Clinton appears to be just trying to take it easy and is by no means campaigning like her life depended on it, opting for what appears to
be a relatively light agenda (unless she's been just waiting for the final 60 day run when everyone's started paying attention after the labor day
long weekend).

I think it might have all the hallmarks of a tossed election on Donald Trump's part, perhaps not via a conspiracy with Bill and Hillary to destroy the
Republican Party and make absolutely certain that she will be elected, but because he doesn't really want the job and might even be afraid of it, due
to his lack of education, understanding and preparedness. In other words maybe he knows he'll f it all up and thus is making choices that will limit
or put a cap and a lid on his ability to turn it all around and win the election, opting instead to look with an eye on the future as an outspoken
voice of opposition, while sidelining the Republican Party's legitimate concerns and in effect hijacking them for purely selfish aims.

Could Donald Trump be a "controlled opposition" either knowingly or unwittingly, not unlike Alex Jones?

Or am I reading too much into it as a "conspiracy theorist"?

Donald Trump cannot be this dumb, this inept. He's always played the system for selfish gain where money in the margin is the sole measure of success.

I don't think he ever planned or hoped to actually win.

That's the way it appears, and since he's not an idiot, I would suggest that the fix is in, with Donald Trump's full complicity and that he's doing
everything he can to throw the election with his latest outreach to black and minority voters, nothing but a weak pandering, to appease the rest of
his base (see, I'm not racist), a base which he doesn't really want to expand and grow. It's clearly defined. There was no pivot, let alone a
sophisticated pivot to the center in order to win, no real change in tactic or strategy, just more of a doubling down on what won him the primary,
which is NOT a strategy to win come November.

I think it's obvious, all but self evident, no matter what all you Trumpeteers might have to say.

There is a pretty cool theory that says trumps run is really about creating a media giant.

That's why he has chosen the advisors he has . Roger ailes, Steve bannon and kelly Anne.

I think if during the upcoming debate, Trump loses it and says some intentionally crazy and whacky things and blows the debate as if on purpose, then
we'll know.

Or if Trump punks out and bails on the debate, he will show what a pu$$y he is and even his die hard supporters will know he wasn't serious.

That is precisely what I think Trump will pull....

Its a total load of crap that trump is in this trying to lose.

will you eat your words when he doesn't back out of the debates?

people saying Trump is in it to lose really are scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

How much money has he put into this campaign?
Imagine how much his reputation would be tarnished if he built such a following then abandoned them?
Why is he exposing Hillary and constantly bringing up all her illegal activities?

I cant believe we have another thread about this here... its utter nonsense... you only need to look at the situation to see your talking absolute
batcrap!

originally posted by: Agit8dChop
How much money has he put into this campaign?
Imagine how much his reputation would be tarnished if he built such a following then abandoned them?
Why is he exposing Hillary and constantly bringing up all her illegal activities?

He loaned his campaign money. He will make money from this campaign.

Why would his reputation be tarnished? It's not like most of his supporters will ever believe he threw this race to Hillary if he loses. They won't
blame him. They will blame everything except him.

AND...when Trump talks about 'Crooked Hillary,' he does me and everyone else who understands the criminal past of the Clintons a disservice because he
cannot be taken seriously. He doesn't want to be taken seriously. He doesn't want any Hilary critics taken seriously. He's not doing anyone except
Hillary & her supporters any favors when he rants about her.

The fact that he says ISIS was started by Obama and Hillary, INSTEAD of Obama, the Clintons, the Bushes, AND the CIA (and other U.S. intelligence
agencies) tells me he is NOT the "honest" outsider he claims to be. That, alone, is enough clue to just how insider and phony Trump is.

He did have quite the cozy relationship with the Clintons. His daughter was also very close friends with her daughter. He was once a democrat and
still shares some democratic views.

I doubt there's not many people who would turn on their friends and on their daughters best friends parents, like the Donald. It clearly shows he
doesn't have any respect for his daughter's friendly relationship with Chelsey Clinton or his own personal friendships. I mean really he could have
kept it civil and attacked Clinton's record instead of personally attacking both Hillary and Bill.

If he's in the race to lose than he has a lot of gullible supporters he didn't take into account who would take him seriously. He's certainly not
helping the Republican party. On the other hand, he could just be that brash, considering he was once known to be a bully. Usually bullies are more
self-centered about themselves and really don't care who they hurt. All I know is this election will go down into the history books as being the most
outrageous on record.

originally posted by: WeRpeons
If he's in the race to lose than he has a lot of gullible supporters he didn't take into account who would take him seriously. He's certainly not
helping the Republican party.

I think he/Bill/TPTB did take them into account. And they are preying on them. 'They' will marginalize so many people and so many 'undesirable
opinions' if/when Trump loses. "America will reject Trump & his supporters and their way of 'thinking.'"

The media is going to have a field day.

The truth is, I even find something appealing about Trump's populist image. But I know Trump is a fraud and I have since 2011.

He is just constantly giving talking heads something to talk about when they explain why he lost the election....and when they explain how someone as
unpopular and someone with such a huge 'unfavorable' polling number, like Hillary Clinton, won.

And that does bring to mind Trumps relationship with the GOP. If he loses of quits, it will destroy the Republican party. And bring down anyone
running for congress or the senate along with him.
Trump has shown his disdain for the Republicans thru out his campaign. Trojan Horse??

originally posted by: WeRpeons
If he's in the race to lose than he has a lot of gullible supporters he didn't take into account who would take him seriously. He's certainly not
helping the Republican party.

I think he/Bill/TPTB did take them into account. And they are preying on them. 'They' will marginalize so many people and so many 'undesirable
opinions' if/when Trump loses. "America will reject Trump & his supporters and their way of 'thinking.'"

The media is going to have a field day.

The truth is, I even find something appealing about Trump's populist image. But I know Trump is a fraud and I have since 2011.

He is just constantly giving talking heads something to talk about when they explain why he lost the election....and when they explain how someone as
unpopular and someone with such a huge 'unfavorable' polling number, like Hillary Clinton, won.

There has never been a legitimate contender for the White House who inspired so much fear in so many people, and in a different year, he’d be a
fringe extremist with no prayer of winning.....
These outcomes have to be intentional
Clinton is running a campaign, with the secret goal of helping Trump win the presidency.
we see polls roll in indicating that voters actually trust Trump more than her, we’re watching this nightmare scenario unfold.
lesser-of-two-evils act

There is nothing that shows he is trying to lose. It looks like quite the opposite, actually.

Finding some evidence might help to fuel your theory, but it doesn't look like there is any. The evidence points to the exact opposite.

It's not a theory, OP is an extreme democrat and he's just trying to cast more negativity and doubt on Trump without going the "he is a racist, bigot,
homophobe, xenophobe, sexist, transphobe, pansexualphobe, brownphobe" rout this time because no one believes that garbage either except the MSM
brainwashed low information voters.

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